Cuff button or fastener.



PATENTED JUNE 23, 1903.

F. J. MEERLENDBR.

CUFF BUTTON OR FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, 1902.

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WITNESSES: fiq4M I w I ATTORNEYS FREDERICK J.

MEERLENDER, OF NEWARK, NElV Patented J'une 23, 1903.

OFFICE.

JERSEY.

CUFF BUTTON OR FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 731,930,

Application filed May 8,

dated June 23, 1903.

1902- Serial No. 106,443. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK J. MEER- a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff Buttons or Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the folpart of this specification.

This invention relates to buttons for that class of cuffs commonly called link-cuffs, and in which the inner faces of the two ends of the cuff are pressed more or less comsaid ends pointing V-shaped connection is formed. A cuff button or fastener is then provided, having a V-shaped body to exteriorly straddle the joined edges of the cuff and projections at the inner sides of said body portion to enter the buttonholes of the cuff; and the specific objects of the present invention are to secure in such a button rigidity and firmness, to increase the stability of the button upon the cuff, to provide an improved construction of the projections for entering the buttonholes, and to secure other advantages and results, some of which may be referred to hereinafterin connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved cuff button or fastener and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same,all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding. parts in each of thefigures, Figure 1 shows a cuff provided with a button of 11y improved construction. Fig. 2 is a sec- ;ion transverselv of the cuff, as on line m, Fig. i. Fig.3 is a'section longitudinally of the :uif, as on line y,-Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a perpective view of the button detached from he end.

In said drawings, a indicates a cuff to which 1y improved button or fastener is shown applied. Said button comprises a body portion Z), which is non elastic and either cast 01' stamped out of a single piece of metal into a V shape to fit over the end edges, as shown in 55 Figs. 1 and 2. Said body portion is of sufficient strength to resist the normal strain of use, and thus provides two arms a c, which are in rigid or fixed relative position. To secure a maximum rigidity, each arm 0 is widened 6o laterally at its base or at the joining d of the two arms and tapers in width from thence toward its extremity, whereby great firmness and strength at said extremity are obtained.' Each arm 0 is at the inner face of its extrem- 65 ity provided with means for entering through the buttonhole of the end", said means comarm 0 or fastened thereon by soldering, brazing, or any other means adapted to secure a rigid connection. The post e is flattened or at its side and ad acent to one end, the elongated diameter of the flattened post and projecting from the edge of said post next to the 85 extremity of the arm 0. A very ready insertion of the head into a cuff is thus secured and a good holding effect. The widening of the arms 0 c at their union provides a long straight bearingof the cuff-button against 0 the edges of the cuff and serves to prevent swinging of the of the heads edges of the post has been adjusted itself. set the posts 6 with seated a little time and thermore, I prefer to their elongated diameters somewhat oblique with respect to the arms 0 c, as shown in Figs. 8 and 4 more particularly, and the button is then designed to be applied to the cuff with the edges of the post next the extremities of the arms directed toward the outer end of the cuff or end which is exposed in wearing. The flattened posts then tend to adjust themselves longitudinally of the buttonholes, and this presses the body or clasping portion of the button firmly against the cuff edges at its edge next the outer end of the cuff. The heads f are then preferably set obliquely with respect to the longest diameter of the posts, so that they lie to a greater or less extent crosswise of the buttonhole and hold better,

as shown in Figs. 3 and 4:.

It will be understood that it is the purpose of my invention to secure a cud-button of perfectly rigid construction, depending upon the resiliency of the starched cuff and the proper fit of the button to secure a correct effect. The heads f are therefore rounded smoothly, so that they present outer surfaces which have a smooth continuous curvature,

and hence are adapted to pass through the buttonholes with minimum eifort. This is indispensable to my rigid construction of body portion, since the arms being unyielding there is. little room for manipulation in buttoning the cuff and the heads can only be pushed straight into the buttonholes without any twisting or tipping.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is- 1. The herein-described one-piece cuff-button, comprising a rigid V-shaped body portion adapted to receive between its arms the edges of a cuff, and having at the inner faces of the ends of said arms posts with laterallyprojecting heads at the extremities thereof, heads being of onepiece, or

said posts and arms of said body, each post integral, with the body, and being adapted to enter the buttonholes of the cuff. 2. A cud-button having a V-shaped body portion adapted to clasp the edges of a cuff, posts at the ends of the inner the arms, each having a side flattened obliquely to the length of the arm on which it stands, and ellipsoidal heads on said posts.

3. A cuff-button comprising a V-shaped body adapted to clasp the edges of a cuff, posts fixed to the inner facing sides of the being flattened from opposite sides and arranged with its longest diameter oblique to the length of the arm on which it stands, and heads on said posts.

4:. A cuff-button comprising a rigid V- shaped body adapted to clasp between its arms the edges of a cuff, flattened posts fixed at the inner facing sides of said arms, and ellipsoidal heads fixed on said posts, each with its major axis at an angle to the plane of flattening of the post.

5. A cuff-button comprising a V-shaped body adapted to clasp between its arms the edges of a cuff, flattened posts on the inner facing sides of said arms, adapted to lie in the buttonholes of the cuff, and elongated heads arranged on such posts, each head being disposed obliquely to the direction of the flattening of the post and having its end next the bend of the body portion substantially flush with the post.

. In testimony that have hereunto set my May, 1902.

FREDERICK J. MEERLENDER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, G. B. PITNEY.

I claim the foregoing I hand this 3rd day of facing sides of 

